India’s and Raymond’s first Tailoring Centre was launched
in May 2012 at Patna, Bihar, and the response to this Centre has been
overwhelming thus far. The success has also been encouraging in that all the
students of the first batch that passed have all been offered placements.”The
Raymond Tailoring Center shall train over 500 students per year in various
aspects of tailoring including suit, shirt and trouser making over the next
five years. The minimum qualification for admission to the Raymond Tailoring
Center is 8th standard pass.
Raymond, market leader in fabric and apparel sectors, is
taking pioneering steps in developing the ecosystem of the sector. The company
believes in the ideology of ‘growing together’. It has been the company’s
endeavour to rejuvenate the fading art of tailoring and in this direction has
initiated several steps. The Raymond Tailoring Center holds the vision of
imparting training skills to unemployed, underprivileged youth and existing
tailoring community, be their upgrading their current skill sets and
encouraging employment and entrepreneurship. This training helps them upgrade
their tailored product quality in terms of finish and style, earn better
revenue and thereby improve their social and economic status.